Masterplanning & Urban Design

HTA led the design team throughout the bid process and spearheaded the outline application for the phased redevelopment of the site. We worked as masterplanners, sustainability consultants and landscape architects, and are Lead Architect for the first phase working in collaboration with architects Hawkins Brown and Mae, which will deliver a wide range of homes in a combination of terraced housing.

Existing monolithic slab blocks are replaced with smaller perimeter blocks, comprising familiar London typologies of terraced housing and mansion buildings. Streets have been reinstated resulting in a permeable, finer urban grain in keeping with the surrounding block patterning. Ground floors have been reclaimed and streets provide variety and connctions that are lined with trees and front doors. Residential towers are located at key points within the masterplan. The towers will provide homes that look out onto small squares, parks, and tree-lined streets.

In addition to the mixed-tenure homes, the masterplan delivers 7,800 sqm of employment, retail, healthcare, and community floor space, including a completed health centre and library. The masterplan vision delivers new neighbourhoods of outstanding quality and integrates the estate into the wider network of Walworth and Southeast London.